Posted on 10/01/2021 5:42:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill on Thursday that will return a historic piece of land in Manhattan Beach to the descendants of a Black couple who owned it almost a century ago.
The land, known as Bruce's Beach, was once a resort for Black beach visitors in the predominantly white city of Manhattan Beach, where Black people currently account for only 1 percent of the population, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The beachfront land was taken from the Bruce family with racial, false and unlawful motivations, the Times said.
“As Governor of California, let me do what apparently Manhattan Beach is unwilling to do: I want to apologize to the Bruce family,” Newsom said, according to the Times, before passing his pen to Anthony Bruce, the great-great grandson of the land's original owners.
California state Sen. Steven Bradford (D), who wrote the bill, added it should "set the tone for the future of reparations in California."
At the time of the Bruce family's original ownership of the land, the Ku Klux Klan reportedly burned nearby property owned by Black residents while white neighbors harassed the area's Black community, the Times reported.
In 1924, city officials seized the land claiming it was urgently needed for a public park. The property was empty for decades before ownership was transferred to the state in 1948, the Times said.
Anthony Bruce, who works as a security supervisor in Florida, told the Times talking about his family's beach property was painful.
"We do thank God, because this is something that we’ve been praying for, for decades," he said to the Times. "Hopefully this is the start of a new beginning for us."
So I guess in 100 years we can get our country back that was stolen by these communist bastards?
And this family will then sell the land to developers. The circle of life….
Hmmm… how many descendants are they putting on the deed?
Bad move by the used car sales governor.....for kicks, let’s find the property his house is own and find out who owned it and take it from him.
There were 30 families that had land taken. The black owners had 2 lots and were paid $14,500 for them, more than the white families received (whites got around $2000 for theirs). This is nothing more than theft enabled by race.
How much BACK TAXES are owed?..........................
Some family would like Malibu back after the state paved a road through their land and they had to sell land to pay the increased property taxes.
Unlawful takings have gone on for decades. Are thy going to reverse all of them?
Original owners.......
How about the native American Indians who first inhabited this land?
It wasn’t until 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue that this
land was introduced to new inhabitants.
There were 30 families that had land taken. The black owners had 2 lots and were paid $14,500 for them, more than the white families received (whites got around $2,000 for theirs). This is nothing more than theft enabled by race.
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Are the descendants of the whites getting their land back also? I know absolutely nothing about this situations so that’s not a rhetorical question.
Only the Bruce family is getting land.
First inhabited this land?
Ha! How far back do we go ... give Europe back to the Neaderthals?
American Indians should sue the blacks for stealing their land.
http://www.digmb.com/2021/07/02/361734/l-a-county-supervisors-map-out-bruces-beach-return-plan
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8942808,-118.4151982,17z
The property apparently is two city lots across the street from a beach.
Will the whites be getting their land back?
The Bruce Beach family Willa and Charles were paid extremely well and fair for their property.
HA..! 100 years from now, if someone doesn't step up to the plate, whitey is going to be as rare as frog hair anywhere on this continent...
So democrat KKK members stole land from blacks and now democrat politicians are giving it back. Well it’s about time.
All of California needs to be returned to Spain.
We stole it from them!
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